Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't appear to be mentioned by STEDT, while Luce tentatively compares the second syllable to Old Chinese (OC *reːls, *rel, *rels, “to leave, go away, separate”).[1] MED treats the word as an atomic unit, which appears reasonable as the constituent syllables don't seem to contribute to the overall meaning. Is this a borrowing from Mon or some other language?”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ခ'ရီး
  • IPA(key): /kʰəjí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hka.ri: • ALA-LC: kharīʺ • BGN/PCGN: hkăyi: • Okell: hkăyì

Noun

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ခရီး (hka.ri:) (classifier ခေါက်)

  1. journey, travel, trip

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (85. Road; Journey; Campaign)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 14

Further reading

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